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Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War H. Donald Winkler, Cumberland House The Civil War is full of tales of deception practiced by enterprising femmes fatales engaged in what H. Donald Winkler calls “the world’s second oldest profession— spying.” He has gathered accounts …
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